Adding lavender to your lemonade is not only tasty but also a great way to enhance the fantastic medicinal qualities of lavender. Lavender is a wonderfully aromatic herb that soothes the senses.
Pure lavender oil has many health benefits. It’s among the gentlest of essential oils as well as the most powerful one.
Lavender oil has a chemically complex structure containing over 150 active components, which reveals its effectiveness in helping with a variety of health issues. It is know for its antidepressant, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, antibacterial, antiseptic, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, analgesic, detoxifier, hypotensive, and sedative qualities.
Research conducted in Florida explains that lavender oil can reduce anxiety and lower pulse rates in nursing students taking stressful exams. In hospitals, lavender aromatherapy has shown to decrease pre-surgery anxiety.
Pure lavender oil has also shown to reduce depression, ease labor pains and improve insomnia as well as help with headaches, hangovers, sinus congestion and pain relief.
According to Natural Medicine Journal
“Much prior research on lavender has focused on the administration of lavender via an olfactory route. The anxiolytic activity of lavender olfaction has been demonstrated in several small and medium-sized clinical trials.
The efficacy of aromatherapy of lavender is thought to be due to the psychological effects of the fragrance combined with the physiological effects of volatile oils in the limbic system.
These calming effects of lavender oil and single constituents may be the origin of the traditional use of lavender. Lavender oil olfaction has been shown to decrease anxiety, as measured by the Hamilton rating scale, and can increase mood scores.“
Prepare Lavender Lemonade with Lavender Essential Oil
Ingredients
-12 cups of pure water
-One cup of raw organic honey
-Two drops lavender essential oil
-Six peeled and juiced lemons
-Lavender sprigs for garnish
Combine all ingredients and leave it to chill. If needed add more honey for taste!
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2 drops for 12 + cups of liquid would not make it purple or really have any benfits at that low a dose
The glasses and pitcher are an hombre lavender, not the liquid…it’s all in the presentation…
How much would you need to add to get the benefits?
Reading the ingredients, it doesn’t seem like it would turn this purple like the picture show. How do you get that to happen?
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Tide pods give it the purple color
I am a chef, and I would use fresh, clean, lavender blossoms and leaves, in a large tea strainer rather than essential oils, which probably are not reliably derived from culinary lavender. Place @ 1/4 cup of the leaves & blossoms in the tea strainer. Boil 1/2 of the water listed in the original recipe, and pour it over the tea strainer or drop the tea strainer into the water container. Cover to ensure that the oils do not get carried away from the liquid through evaporation. Let steep 5-10 minutes. Remove the strainer (you can press any liquid from the leaves and return it to the lavender water) and whisk in the honey. When that is dissolved, add all the remaining ingredients, adding the water last. Add water half at a time, tasting until the desired taste profile is achieved.
thanks Judy Gurnee…..greatly appreciated
Yes, this would be a much better recipe for the taste and benefits being looked for.
nice advice
there are food grade essential oils they work surprisingly well if you haven’t tried tried them don’t discount them whether your a chef ofr not.
USING CITRUS OILS IN PLACE OF CITRUS ZEST:
Substitute lemon oil for lemon zest, orange oil for orange zest and lime oil for lime zest.
In recipes calling for grated citrus zest or peel start with 1/8 teaspoon essential oil in place of 1 tablespoon of zest. No more grated knuckles! This is an easy way to add a punch of citrus flavor to glazes, toppings, sauces – even piecrust!
USING ESSENTIAL OILS IN SAVORY COOKING:
For most oils, one drop replaces a teaspoon of dried herb or spice.
For bolder tasting herb oils such as Thyme, Oregano (Origanum), Rosemary and Marjoram, dip a toothpick into the bottle and stir into your recipe just before serving. Stronger flavored oils can be simmered at length in soups and stews to produce a milder flavor.
For milder herb oils use 1 – 2 drops at the end of cooking, or just before serving.
USING ESSENTIAL OILS IN BAKING AND CANDY MAKING:
As with LorAnn’s super strength oils, natural essential oils are about 3 to 4 times stronger than alcohol-based extract flavorings (an extract is a flavor diluted in alcohol or a combination of alcohol and water).
To substitute natural essential oils for an extract, start by using ¼ teaspoon essential oil in place of 1 teaspoon of an extract. Some essential oils such as clove and peppermint are particularly potent. We recommend starting with less and adding more to taste.
USING ESSENTIAL OILS IN CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE CRAFTING
All food grade essential oils are appropriate for use in real chocolate and chocolate coating (candy melts).
Use approximately 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon per pound of chocolate or chocolate coating. Also ideal for flavoring candy centers & fondants.
To use, add oil to melted chocolate and stir to mix thoroughly. When using a floral or herbal essential oil such as lavender and bergamot, just a hint of essence is needed. We recommend dipping a toothpick into the bottle and stirring into the melted chocolate. With these flavors, it’s best to start with a tiny amount and add as necessary.
That sounds much better than lavender EO. Most EOs are not indicated for ingestion. I have also used Torani Lavender syrup to flavor lemonade. So yummy!
thank you I am going to try this since I grow lavender I had a feeling that the recipe was not the way to do it and to use the actual lavender would be best
So its lemonade with added honey? Whats the point of adding Lavender besides to make it seem “herbal”. A deceptive article and a waste of everyone’s time.
Not to mention dangerous. Essential oils shouldn’t be ingested.
that is totally u true NOT all essential oils are investable bu may are they should also be Also that are used sparingly they very powerful so one or two drops is all that is needed DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU MAKE SUCH COMMENTS
lavender oil benefits for your body include the following:
Reduce anxiety and emotional stress
Protect against diabetes symptoms
Improve brain function
Help to heal burns and wounds
Improve sleep
Restore skin complexion and reduce acne
Slow aging with powerful antioxidants
Relieve pain
Alleviate headaches
Lavender essential oil has a lot of therapeutic – and proven – benefits (like relieving anxiety, headaches and insomnia). You can ingest essential oils as long as they are listed as GRAS (Generally Regarded as Safe according to the FDA) and 100% pure and natural (chemicals/solvents free), so get them from reputable brands. You can google for the GRAS essential oils list (lavender is listed).
Please do not put lavender essential oil in your body. Essential oil is not meant for internal use. Maybe using pure lavender would be okay.
that is totally untrue NOT all essential oils are ingestable but many are they should also be used sparingly they are very powerful so one or two drops is all that is needed DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU MAKE SUCH COMMENTS
I think the glass and pitcher are tinted purple.
There is coloring in the liquid which is not accounted for in the recipe.
I am a qualified aromatherapist and herbologist, i was taught Lavender essential oil is toxic to ingest. I would never advocate the injestion of any essential oil. There healing properties are amazing and they are a concentrate of the essence of the plant. A herb is a much safer way to injest a plants healing qualities. For lavender persee i would recommend using the flowering heads in order to make a “lemonade” or refreshing, relaxing tea.
If you have a lotsa pasta shop near you they sell lavender leaves. I have used them in baking and in teas.
My bottle I bought of essential lavender stats do not ingest.